Buckle.



No. 798,763. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1905. G. S. GOMSTOGK.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12.1905.

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BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed June 12,1905. Serial No. 264,755.

be it known that l, (LARK S. trms'roelt, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof Bloomfield, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey. have made and invented certain new and useful improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

Hy invention relates to an improvement in buckles, and more particularly to that kind or style thereof usually employed upon the ends of shoulder-straps or suspenders and adapted to engage with a button or other fastening upon the waistband of the garment, the object being to devise an article of this kind or character which may be easily and cheaply manufactured and so constructed and arranged as to be capable of use in connection with different-size buttons or buttons having ditfereut'size hubs and with relation to which they may be easily and readily engaged or disengaged.

\fith these and other ends in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in side elevation, showing my improvements applied to a suspender-loop. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the improvements as applied to a loop-buckle. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 3 of Fig.

Referring to Fig. l of the drawings, 4; represents the loop proper, preferably bent in the form Sl1()\\'f1-tllz1t is, with the substantially horizontal ends 5, the inclined sides 6 bent outwardly to form the loop '7, and curved at the lower end 8 to form a loop for the reception of the hub of the button. \Vithin the loop proper, a, are contained the retaining spring-arms, formed with the lower free bent ends 5;), the extreme ends of these arms extending into the auxiliary loops T, these arms forming a narrow contracted passage it) where bent into the lower ends 9. These retaining spring-arms are then extended upwardly, as at 11, and curved to form the substantially horizontal arms 12 and subsequently bent to form the arms 13 and arm 14., said arms 13 and 1% practically forming a loop by means of which the article may be sewed or otherwise attached to the end of the shoulder-strap or suspender, the free ends of the arms I) of the loop proper being secured to and bent between the arms 12 13.

In practice the buckle is placed over the button, so that the same will be contained between the arms 11 of the spring-arms, and by a slight upwardpull the spring-arms are suliiciently separated to allow of the hub of the button to pass through the contracted neck It) and be contained between the lower end of the loop proper and the ends 9 of the spring-arm, where it will be held against any possible accidental disengagement therefrom.

.111 Fig. 2 I have shown my improvementas applied to a loop-buckle and, as in the case of Fig. 1, the article consisting of two partsthat is, a loop proper and a spring-loop. In this instance, however. the loop consists of the substantially horizontal sides '15, curved or bent downwardly to form the sides 16, which latter are bent outwardly, forming the auxiliary loops 17, and curved at the lower end to form the retaining-loop 18, the free end of the loop proper, however, being conti nued upwardly to form the arms 1911s a part of the buckle. The springloop consists, as in the former instance, of a loop 20, to which the strap or snspendcr is buckled, said loop being extended downwardly into the spring arms .21, the lower free ends 2 of which are bent outwardly, as before, and extend into the auxiliary loops 17 of the loop proper. Instead of twisting the metal of the loop proper around the spring-loop,as in the former instance, the two parts are attached as illustratcd in Fig. li that is, the metal of the arms 15 is partially bent around the metal of the loop 20 and then backwardly upon itselfthis construction and formation, 1 have found in practice, being much more economical than in the instances where one wire is completely twisted around the other.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the article, whether it be constructed in the form of a loop or loop-buckle, is made of but two parts namely, a loop proper and a spring-loop-the latter being provided with means for attachment to the suspendcr or strap and terminating in spring-arms, the free end of the loop proper being attached to the springloop, said spring-arms converging toward their lower ends to form a narrow restricted passage for the hub of the button and then flared outwardly into the auxiliary loops formed on the loop proper. This construction and arrangement of the several parts allows of the hub of the button being pulled through between the spring-arms into the lower end of the loop proper, at the same time prevci'iting any accidental disengagement of the button from the loop.

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Having fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An article of the character described,con sisting of a loop proper and a spring-loop, the latter being provided at its upper end with a loop for attachment to the strap or suspender,

its free ends being extended downwardly into converging sprlng-arms, the extreme ends of the latter being flared outwardly, said loop proper having its free ends attached to said spring-loop and having converging sides, being provided near its lower end with auxiliary loops for containing the flaring ends of said spring-arms, substantially as described.

2. Adevice of the character described, consisting of a loop proper and asp'ring-loop, the latter being provided at its upper end with a ilton and State of Ohio, this 8th day of June, 3

CLARK S. OOMSTOCK.

Witnesses:

EMELIE MAITRE, HAROLD O. KIPP. 

